Patient Transfer Service

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Isle of Man Government invites expressions of interest from suitably experienced and competent organisations who are interested in providing a Patient Transfer service for Isle of Man patients who arrive in the North West to attend hospital appointments. Predominately, patients will arrive at the Liverpool John Lennon Airport for transfer to Hospitals within the Merseyside area and a small other number of hospitals within the North West. It is advised that the Contractor be in a position to provide a personal service in appreciation of vulnerable patients who are attending hospital appointments and will be required to assist passengers with their luggage and with getting in and out of the vehicle and in and out of the hospital ward/clinic or accommodation. Wherever possible and practical, passengers travelling to or from the same destination area should be carried in the same vehicle. The Contractor is required to wait for passengers disembarking from separate flights/ferries when instructed to do so by the Department. The Contractor will be required to accommodate multiple occupancy passenger pickups on a regular basis with up to a maximum number of 14 persons per vehicle. The Contractor will be required to provide a service 24 hours per day, 365 days per year (with the exception of Christmas Day). The service will generally run between the hours of 06.00 and 21.00. To register your interest in this enquiry, please go to www.gov.im/procurement download and complete the Form of Acknowledgement and send to Will McCann, Procurement Services, Attorney General Chambers, 3rd Floor, St Mary's Court, Hill Street, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 1EU or via e-mail to william.mccann@gov.im Expressions of interest must be received by noon on Wednesday 7th September 2016 2016